Fuckface Joe Lieberman thrilled to throw some gasoline on Iran civil unrest

As Iranians continue to protest the handling of their country's June 12 presidential election, reaction to the vote continues to pour in from around the world. U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman (Independent, Connecticut) tells RFE/RL correspondent Heather Maher in Washington that Iranians shouldn't back down in their demonstrations. Eventually, he says, they will be rewarded with freedom.

RFE/RL: What is your personal reaction to the events in Iran? Have you been surprised by the scale and energy of the protests?

Senator Joseph Lieberman: I have been both surprised and encouraged by the scope of the protests. It's really been thrilling to me, and, I would say, thrilling to people throughout America and throughout the world because we understand how much courage it takes to stand in the face of a very repressive regime, which has strength on its side.

But what we're watching in Iran today reminds me very much of what we watched at an earlier time in Budapest and Prague and other places where people have risen up and through the strength of their numbers together have altered the course of their future and of history even against very strong regimes.

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